Fastener



N. STATHAM FASTENER JulyZ, 1929.

Original Filed May 1925 W 25 & a /A l %/o IINVENTOR. W'AW Patented July 2, 1929.

NOEL STATHAM, O1" ravme'ron-uron-n'unson, NEW YORK.

Application filed. In, 2, 1925, Serial Ho. 27,426. Renewed June 2, 1928.

My present invention relates to fasteners, particularly fasteners of the buckle type, and aims to devise articles of the general character designated above which, while serving the purposes .of the ordinary buckle or the like, avoid the disadvantages in construction, operation and use of this type of fastener, while being simple in construction, easy and economical to fabricate and to assemble, and easy and convenient to operate, being readily adjustable and possessing other advantages in construction, operation and use which will readily occur to those skilled in the art to which the present invention relates.

In the accompanying specification I shall describe, and in the annexed drawing show,

an illustrative embodiment of the devices of the present invention. It is, however, to be clearly understood that my invention is not limited to the specific embodiment thereof herein shown and described for purposes of exam le merely.

Re erring to the drawing, wherein I have 5 illustrated the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the article of the present invention: a Fig. 1 is a top plan view of one end, comprising the usual fixed or loop end of a device,in this instance a belt, bearing one of the fastener members constituting a part of the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the fastening device of the present invention' Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the other or pointed free end of the device, such as the belt, illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, carrying the cooperating series of fastener members constituting the remaining portion of the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the fastening member of the present invention' Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the portion shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken along line 44 of Fig. 2 of the drawing;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 55 of Fig. 4 of the drawing;

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the fastener members in cooperative en aged position; and

ig. 7 IS a perspective view of the fastener and guiding member shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

Referring to the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the present invention, and particularly to the drawing illustrating the same, 10 indicates an article, such as a belt, to which the fastening device of the present lDVeI1t10l1 may be applied. As usual the belt or equivalent article 10 has the fixed looped end 11 and the free pointed end 12. The looped end portion 13 of the belt or equivalent artlcle 10 carries on the upper face thereof a fastener in the form of a guiding and positioning member, generally designated by reference character 14.

The guiding and positioning member 14 comprises a main body portion 15 and the lateral guiding members 16 and 17 providmg guiding channels. Preferably the lateral guiding members 16 and 17 are inwardly turned, thus providing the inwardly turned channels 16' and 17 respectively. I prefer that in the formation of the guiding and positioning fastener member 14, which member is pre erably made of a single piece of brass or other suitable metal so as to be integral, the lateral guiding members 16 and 17 shall be long enough so that the same may be provided with the bent over portions 16" and 16", and 17" and 17", respectively. The end portions 16" and 16", and 17" and 17, of the lateral guiding members 16 and 17, respectively, as well as the portions of the lateral guiding members 16 and 17, respectively, immediately under the designated end portions, are preferably bent upwardly so as to provide the enlarged guiding entrances 18 and 18', and 19 and 19', for a purpose subsequently to be described in greater detail herein.

Associated with the main body portion 15 of the guiding and positioning fastener member 14, as by being integral therewith and forming a continuation thereof. is the substantially centrally disposed lip portion 20. As more clearly shown in Fig. 7 of the drawing, the lip portion 20 is preferably flexed or bent upwardly a slight distance from the material of the belt 10. for a purpose to be described in greater detail hereinafter. The guiding and positioning fastener member 14 may be suitably attached to'the looped end portion 13 of the belt, as by means of the staples or like devices preferably forming pointed corner portions 21, of which there are four, as shown more clearly in Fig. 7 of the drawing. It will be obvious that by driving the pointed staples 21 or their equivalents through the material of which the belt 10 is made, and thereafter bending down the pointed end portions of the staples 21 or their equivalents, which staples pass through the material of the belt 10, the member 14 will be securely held in place on the looped endportion 13 of the belt 10.

The free or pointed end portion 22 of the belt 10, as more clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, carries, preferably in the form of a flexibly disposed series, a plurality of the cooperating fasteners 23. Each of the fasteners 23 is preferably in the form of a fastener having the main body portion 24 and the lateral guiding members 25 and 26, which latter extend slightly beyond the width of the main body portion 24, as indicated by reference characters 25' and 26', respectively. I prefer that the lateral guiding members 25 and 26 shall preferably have the cross sectional configurations shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing, since this form cooperates very effectively with the positioning and guiding member 14 shown in Figs. 1 and 7 of the drawing.

Associated with the main body portion 24 of each of the cooperating fastener members 23 is a protruding, preferably upturned, lip 27 for cooperation with the lip 20 of the positioning and guiding member 14. In cross sectional configuration, I prefer that the lip 27 shall have the form shown in Figs. 4 and 6 of the drawin although other forms may be used, since-t e form illustrated cooperates very eflectively with the form of the lip 20 of the member 14, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7 of the drawing.

While various means may be employed for attaching the series of cooperating fasteners 23 onto the pointed end portion 22 of the belt 10, I prefer to employ the means illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the drawing, and comprising a series of double eyelets 28 of suitable metal, the two sleeve portions 29 and 30 of which pass through properly positioned apertures in the main body por tions 24 of the cooperating fasteners 23, as shown more clearly in Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the drawing. The sleeve portions 29 and 30 of each of the double eyelets 28 may then be beaded or bent over in any suitable manner. It will be noted that the series of cooperating fasteners 23 is flexibly positioned on the pointed end portion 22 of the belt 10.

The construction of the fastening device of the present invention, as illustrated in the drawing and comprising the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the present invention, has been made sufficiently clear above. The manner of assembling the fastening device described above has likewise been made sufficiently clear; In use, the pointed end portion 22 bearin the flexibly disposed series of cooperating astener members 23, individually fixedly, but, as a series, flexibly, su ported on the pointed end portion 22 of t e belt 10, is passed through the loop 11 in the respective positions of the looped end portion 13 and the ointed end portion 22 of the belt 10, as il ustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. The belt is then drawn so as to be sufliciently tight, in the usual manner, the guiding members 25 and 26 being received within and, passing through the respective channels 16 and 17, in a manner which will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention relates. When the proper adjustment of the belt has been made, as above described, by the proper manipulation of the pointed end portion 22 carrying the flexibly disposed series of the cooperating fasteners 23, the lip 20 is caused to enter into the nearest groove or cooperating lip 27, as more clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing. By the disengagement of the lip 20 from the cooperating lip 27, the belt or equivalent device may be further adjusted, or the belt may be unfastened and removed.

The advantages of the foregoing construction are numerous and of great practical importance. The device is very neat and attractive in appearance, simple in construction and easy and convenient to fabricate and to assemble. In operation the device is very convenient and enables the proper adjustment of the belt or equivalent device to be made in a simple and convenient manner. Other advantages of the present invention will readily occur to those skilled in the artto which the same relates.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A fastener member comprising a main body portion, a plurality of laterally disposed guiding members providing guiding channels, and a lip awociated with said main body portion, each of said guiding members being inwardly turned and being provided at each end of each of said channels with means providing an enlarged guiding entrance to each of said channels at each end thereof.

2. A fastener member comprising a main body portion, a plurality of laterally disposed guiding members providing guiding channels, and an upturned lip associated with said main body portion and disposed substantially centrally thereof, each of said guiding members being inwardly turned and being provided at each end of each of said channels with means providing an enlarged guiding entrance to each of said channels at each end thereof.

3. A fastening device comprising a series of fastener members each comprising a main body portion, a plurality of outwardly turned laterally disposed guiding members and a lip associated with said main body portion, the lips of each of said fastener members being pointed substantially in the same direction.

4. A fastening device comprising a series body portion, a pluralit of outwardly turned laterally disposed gui ing membersand an upturned li associated with said main body portion an disposed substantially centrally thereof, the lips of each of said fastener members being pointed substantially in the same direction.

5. A fastening device fo flexible articles of wearing apparel and th ike, comprising a flexibl disposed series of fastener-menibers eac com rising a main body portion, a plurality o outwardly turned laterally disposed guiding members and a lip associated with said main body portion, the lips of each of said fastener members being inted substantially in the same direction, in combination withva cooperating fastener member compris' a main body ortion, a

lurality of latera disposed guiding memrs providin gui ing channels, and a lip associated wit said main body portion.

6. A fastening device for flexible articles of wearing apparel and the like, comprising a flexibl disposed series of fastener members-eac com rising a main body portion;

lip associated with said main body portion and disposed substantially centrally thereof, the lips of each of said fastener members being pointed substantially in the same direction, in combination with a cooperating fastener member comprising a main body portion, a plurality of laterally disposed guiding members providing guiding channels, and a lip associated with said main body portion. 1

In testimony, whereof, I have si nameto this specification this 3r April, 1925.

ed my day of NOEL STATHAM. 

